I have never tried gardening before, and I just moved into an apartment in October. I’ve been hearing all over the place about people having balcony gardens, and I would like to try to start one. I am mainly interested in growing vegetables and herbs and I would prefer to stay away from flowers. I need to know how to start the plants, when I should start them…that sort of thing. I live near Philadelphia, so the winters are pretty cold, and the summers are moderately hot and pretty humid. Any advice/resources would be greatly appreciated!

I just moved into my apartment and am looking to add a little color to a small patch of grass outside my window (the space is 3 ft by 6ft and covered with weeds.) I live in Louisiana in the 8b zone its very moist and is behind a fence facing East,but it never gets full sun..I’m very new to gardening so the less maintenance the better! I would love to add flowers and maybe a few herbs. Also if you know of any pretty vines to cover the fence I would really appreciate it! Any and all information would be helpful, Thankyou!

My boyfriend has a rather large roofdeck, over 2,000sqft. However, the ladies who used to live there had two dogs and they built a "sandbox" type of thing for their pets to relieve themselves in. They haven’t lived there for almost a year now, so I am guessing most of the fecal matter is dried up by now. But I could easily shovel the fecal matter OUT of the "box" (it’s actually circular) along with a lot of the sand/old soil and go buy potting soil at Lowes’ or Home Depot or a nursery and fill it up with fresh soil, and compost.

Speaking of which what is better–compost or fertilizer?

Anyway! Any tips for creating a garden that can thrive in the city on a roof? I would love to plant veggies, flowers, herbs, and maybe even fruit! I have heard herbs and some veggies are pretty easy to plant. My mum and I usually just buy pregrown flower beds at Lowes or H.D. and plant those in our front yard back in pittsburgh in the spring time…. but I have never grown flowers using seeds before! I assume it’s fairly straightforward though.

I plan to begin growing things indoors in various pots before planting them outside. I want to wait until the last frost so that nothing I plant outside goes belly up! LOL!

I suffer of depression and I don’t want to take medication and antidepressant drugs any more,I would like to go for natural things like teas,or juice,flowers or something else.
I hear that ginseng is good to help with depression.Is that true?What other natural herbs,fruit,vegetables etc can help?
Please just serious answer.
Where can i get the st. johns wort and how do I use it?In tea or how?
Thanks

Box turtle. I read they like to eat Geraniums? I would like to put some pants in the aquarium to create a more natural like habitat, but something that Turtle could safely eat.
Herbs? Flowers?
mind you, its a 20 gallon tank, so there wont be a garden by any means LOL but still somthing.

My garden’s in shambles. I planted flowers, vegetables and herbs. But most of the leaves have been eaten. The flower petals too! It started with a few little holes in the leaves, next thing you know, the only things left are the stems. My local hardware store recommended a liquid a that is mixed with water when attached to the water hose. It says not to use on lettuce and the like. I don’t see much difference after I used it. Also, whatever I use has to be safe for the veggies and herbs. Help!